Example sentences of "[to-vb] [adv] from [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The creative way of handling tensions is to be prepared to forgive right from the beginning .
2 The first — which will start in April next year , and run for three years — is a new system of transitional protection for those households that stand to lose most from the abolition of domestic rates .
3 A new policy allowing 240 spouses to immigrate annually from the mainland went into effect in early January , ending a 43-year ban .
4 In the second group , there were those countries , like Kenya , who had never been able to borrow much from the banks .
5 They stand to benefit little from the insider dealing prohibition .
6 As a Race Today editorial ( in October 1974 ) put it , ‘ the section to benefit most from the trade unions are white men over the age of thirty-five .
7 As the more industrially developed countries in the region , Kenya and Zimbabwe stood to benefit most from the association .
8 So when voters began deserting the CDS in droves , the People 's Party stood to benefit most from the defections .
9 Consumers in Scotland , where the heating season is the longest in the UK , are expected to suffer most from the change .
10 By Monday , Rosyth will have updated its bid to upgrade the docks for the nuclear refit work with a fixed-price bid , which is unlikely to differ greatly from the £147 million indicative price submitted in December .
11 The inspiration for the first stones seems to come less from the East than from Bronze-age pieces found and imitated .
12 Etam sales , up 32 per cent to £84.3m on an increase in trading space of 29 per cent , appeared to benefit from the hot summer weather and its low-priced fashion for younger women seemed not to suffer greatly from the effects of higher mortgages .
13 I was able to benefit greatly from the work already completed by this group and by the advice and encouragement which they provided .
14 I rather think the Liberals , who stand to benefit greatly from the SNP initiative , should have supported it .
15 For example , under the Land Compensation Act 1973 property owners are entitled to compensation for depreciation in the value of their land caused by such things as noise , vibration , smells , and fumes , resulting from public works , The underlying reasoning is that since the public is presumed to benefit greatly from the building of a motorway ( for example ) , private citizens who suffer as a result of its construction should not have to bear their loss for the sake of that wider public interest .
16 It is the custom , you understand , for the bride and groom to slip away from the wedding during the evening celebration , and hide somewhere — at a friend 's for example . ’
17 These had probably been caused as Trixie tried to pull away from the heater .
18 Those of you who are still concerned about our results should take comfort in the fact that these are early days and with the season barely three-quarters over we still have ten games remaining in which to pull away from the bottom .
19 United need the points to pull away from the bottom .
20 Show her how to pull away from the body as she pulls the zip up , so other clothes do n't get caught in it .
21 The first priority tomorrow must be to come away from the game with at least a point .
22 To bear away from the wind , you must move your body weight to the other side by bending the knees and bringing the hips over the board .
23 He had a small drink from a bowl and started to wander away from the camp .
24 ‘ We 'd do best to meet away from the office , ’ he said .
25 I used to get a pretty good idea of what was to come just from the way they shook hands with a grown-up .
26 The Blueprint Dance group has been set up to give young talent a chance to flourish away from the capital .
27 A letter appears above the person and typing the letter allows the person to jump away from the spear .
28 Observers commented that the party 's support appeared to come largely from the Kikuyu , the country 's largest ethnic group , and that it lacked the broad-based support enjoyed by FORD .
29 He does not want to fade away from the scene .
30 ‘ As well as children are when their mother fails to come home from a party because she 's shacked up with some gorilla in a cheap hotel .
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